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辅导班 (fǔ dǎo bān) — tutorial class; cram school; remedial class

Definition

辅导班 is a paid extra class outside normal school — a 'tutorial / cram class' to catch up or get ahead. It is a specific class (班), not the general activity of tutoring (辅导).

noun
tutorial classcram schoolremedial class

Examples

  • 辅导班。
    Wǒ dì di zhōu mò yào qù shàng fǔ dǎo bān.
    My younger brother has to go to a tutorial class on weekends.
  • 辅导班。
    Zhè ge fǔ dǎo bān de xué fèi hěn guì.
    The tuition for this cram school is very expensive.
  • 辅导班。
    Tā bào le yīng yǔ fǔ dǎo bān.
    She signed up for an English remedial class.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

辅导guide/help
辅fǔassist导dǎoguide
联合Coordinate
班bānclass

辅导 names guiding help, and 班 names the class.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 輔; 辅 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
車車jū
Sound part声符shēngfú
甫
甫fǔ輔fǔ
Same sound today

The traditional form 輔 pairs 車 (cart) with 甫 as a sound part; the simplified 辅 is a later abbreviation.

Open 辅 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 導; 导 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
寸寸cùnhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
道
道dào導
Same sound today

The traditional form 導 pairs 道 (path) as the sound part with 寸 (hand), giving the sense of leading someone. The simplified 导 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the historical components.

Open 导 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 珏珏juépieces of jade
  • 刀刀dāoknife

班 shows 珏, pieces of jade, and 刀, a knife, cutting them into pieces.

Open 班 →
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